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ASS’N FORMEHaSIUDENTS 4 copies f.e. College Station’s Official Newspaper; Circulated Daily To 90% of Local Residents Battalion Published By Students of Texas A&M For 74 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number GO: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1951 Price Five Ceuta Ross Volunteers To Hold Initiation, Banquet Thursday Seventy-eight new n'lembers will be initiated to the Ross Volunteers, A&M’s honor military drill uhit, at a formal banquet Thursday fcilfht. Maj. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke, com manding general of the First Ar mored Division, will make the principal address at the meeting in the MSC Ballroom which gets underway at 7:30 p. m. Formal Initiation After the dinner the formal in itiation ceremony will begin with RV First Sergeant J. C. Fletcher reading the roll call. RV. Lt. J. G. Anderson will read the RV con stitution. A history of the organ ization will be read by RV Lt. Lynn Stuart. RV commander Rich- and Ingles will administer the oath to the new members. A crack drill team and honor guard, the Ross Volunteers is the oldest student organization on the campus. It is named in honor of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, former governor of Texas and president of MM. \ Honor Guard The RV’s serve as honor guard for the governor of Texas at his inauguration and during his visits jo the campus. Tho unit also es corts all important visitors to the campfcs. Kiwanis Hears Prairie View Choral Group Thirty-three students from the Prairie View College chor al group presented a musical program Monday night at the installation banquet of the College Station Kiwanis Club. - Directed by Dr. R. Von Charlton, director of music at Prairie View College, the group sang 10 se lections and one encore. They were ^accompanied by a pianist and a violinist. The Prairie View College Choir is composed of 150 voices, accord ing to Dr. Von Charlton. Approx imately 50 per. cent of these plan to teach music. Columbia Graduate Dr. Von Charlton studied music at Hampton Institute, The Univer sity of Michigan, Columbia Uni versity, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He received his degree of Doctor of Music from Columbia University. A medley entitled “Old South (See KIWANIS, Page 2) The RV uniform is white duck with gold trim. This year the non commissioned officers will wear West Point style cadet stripes in old and black. Officers also wear bright red sashes. During the Mother’s Day cere monies next spring, the unit will put on an exhibition. The RV’s also plan to drill at the Battle of Flow ers parade in San Antonio and during Military Day at Houston. Both events will occur in the spring. Officers of the Company are as follows: Richard Ingles, command er; Lynn L. Stuart, executive; Voris R. Burch, Roy H. Streikkert, and James W. Rogers, platoon lead ers; James G. Anderson, adminis trative officer; and J. C. Fletcher, first sergeant. Present members of the unit will wear the RV uniform to the ban quet. Initiates will be dressed in number one uniforms. All inactive seniors in the RVs who wish to at tend the banquet-initiation must contact Ingles or Stuart for reser vations, announced Ingles. Honor Guests Honor guests, including General Clark, will be Gibb Gilchrist, A&M System chancellor; Dr. M. T. Harrington, A&M president; Dr. C. C. French, dean of the college; V/. L. Penberthy, dean of men; Col. J. E. Davis, commandant; Col. S. P. Myers, PMS&T; Col. E. W. Napier, PAS&T; Lt. Col. W. T. Wilkins, assistant commandant; Maj. W. J. Hyde, Capt. B. L. Hoyl, M/Sgt. J. W. Wilson, RV military sponsors; Mrs. Irene Gag- horn; P. L. “Pinky” Downs; Dick Hei-vey; and Pete Hardesty. Fletcher will give the invoca tion and benediction for the ban quet. Negotiators Tangle On POW Talks Munsan, Korea, Dec. 11 — (/P) — Truce negotiators dis cussed exchange of war pris oners today for the first time and immediately tangled on how to do it. The Communists proposed all prisoners be released by both sides when an armistice is reached. The United Nations insisted on a “fair and equitable” exchange, which was interpreted as a man-for-man swap. The prisoner question was taken up by a two-man subcommittee (ope from each side) a few min utes after the Communists capit ulated to Allied insistence that the subject be tackled now. Continue Rotation Simultaneously the Red negotia tors intimated they would agree to continued rotation of troops and to two other Allied demands if the United Nations command would agree to neutral behind-the-lines inspection during a Korean armis tice. The Red concessions rekindled hopes of a possible truce by Christ mas. The Reds complained that a U.N. plane bombed and strafed the se curity area surrounding their Kae song, headquarters. But it ap peared the incident would be smoothed over. Neither side seem ed desirious of making it a major incident. There has been no official word on how many prisoners the Reds hold. But Lt. Col. Howard M. Le- vie, U.N. spokesman, said Com munist broadcasts reported 139,- 000 U.N. and South Korean troops were held by the Reds. “Roughly I’d say we hold 100,000 North Koreans and between 15,000 and 20,000 Chinese,” Levie said. Community Exchange Mary Parker (center) is one of the many stu dent wives who has admired handmade articles in the handicraft room of the Community Ex change, 100 Montclair South. Mrs. T. W. Hughes, left, and Mrs. L. M. Haupt, are two members of the Campus Study Club who have donated their services as clerks to help the study group maintain the Exchange. Profits from the store, open each Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m., will be used by the club for civic projects. Houston Symphony in Two Concerts at Guion Today Bankers Meet In Farm Credit School Here The Houston Symphony, direct ed and conducted by Efrem Kurtz, will present two performances in Guion Hall today. The orchestra will present a special children’s concert at 5, p. m. and will play the regular program at 8 p. m. for Town Hall memmbers. The program for the matinee Editors Exchange Reviews h aft Exams Set or 12:30 Thursday Selective Service examinations 'will be held from 8:30 a. m. until 12:30 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Ballroom of the MSC, announc ed W. A. Varvel of the Education f and Psychology Department. “Fifty students were notified Jay a Washington order to report at 8:30 a.m. Thursday to the EE Lec ture Room, but this order to re port to the Ballroom rescinds their previous notification,” added Var vel. Agriculturist Editor Reviews Latest Engineer Publication (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of two articles by Editors Bob Brown and Jim Lehmann of the Engineer and Agriculturalist magazines re spectively. They will review each other’s latest publication.) By JIM LEHMANN Agriculturalist Editor Sometime ago Engineer Editor Bob Brown and I of the Agricul turalist agreed to review our forth coming issues. Bob seems to have beat me off the press with his lat est issue and the first of the two critiques falls to me. For picking the cover, the staff did a good job—what could look more grotesque than the cold test for jet accessories. Opposite the editorial page the new helical type of television antenna stares at the reader like a huge spiked telephone post. Humor Left Out? In the editorial you are lead to believe that humor is left out in this issue. But quite to the con trary, there are some amusing bits of laughter in this Engineer. “Eggbeaters Extraordinary” by A. J. Craig gives a brief history and theory behind the helicopter Ag Experiment Station Gets Grants of $16,842 Aero major Craig goes to elaborate on the importance in civilian and military uses. To a struggling dairy husbandry major who has been familiar with tractors and milking machines the story, “Making a Mole Hill Out of a Mountain” by William R. Harris offers an insight to mechanization on the' big scale. gr . .. , ilMHiiif The highlight of the magazine is “Unusually Tall Structures” by Charlie M. Davis. When the read er considers the building of a wall 1000 feet high, 20 feet long, and 9(4 inches thick, you have to real ize that regardless of your field, this construction project was truly amazing. An interesting sidelight is the character sketch of Professor James H. Cadness of the Mechani cal Engineering Department. This feature is ably written by Gene Sparks. Interesting Sludy “Prolonging the Life of Oil Fields” by John L. Clanton offers | an interesting study in injecting | water into oil-producing sands to I increase recovery of the “black i gold.” ! “Q-V Curve” by C. H. LeBlanc j leaves me speechless. Goodness j knows, I had enough trouble pass- j ing physics, much less problems in ] hydraulics. . Wyoming now on the crest of an I (See ENGINEER, Page 2) performance has been especially chosen by the Houston Symphony staff for the understanding and appreciation of school children from both elementary and high school grades. Toth Conducts Conductiing the chldren’s con cert will be Andor Toth, a noted symphony conductor. Alfred Ur bach will be master of ceremonies. Included on the afternoon pro gram will be such numbers as “Prelude to Act Til of Lohengrin” by Wagner, “Overture to the Bar tered Bride” by Smetana, “Waltz from the Nutcracker Suite,” by Tchaikowsky, and “The King and I” by Rodgers. The concert will begin promptly at 3 p. m. and will last just over an hour, according to C. G. “Spike” White, assistant dean of men for student activities. Student Admission Admission for students will be 50 cents and $1 for adults. All teachers and school administra tors are invited free of charge. Tickets will be on sale at the Guion Hall box office before the performance, White said. The first half of the Town Hall performance tonight will consist of Tchaikowsky’s “Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64.” The orchestra will play the com plete symphony of four parts which Tchaikowsky rapidly sketched, completed and orchestrated within the space of a few weeks. The public’s fondness for Tchai kowsky’s Fifth Symphony remains today, in the face of the best ef forts of some critics,, both profes sional and otherwise, who would degrade the work as sentimental and superficial. After an intermission, the orf chestra will play “Suite for Flute and Strings” 'by Teleman and “Suite from Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss. “Die Fledermaus” ha£ been cre dited by musical critics over the world as Strauss’s most popular operatic work. It gained additional (See SYMPHONY, Page 2) Bankers from Arizona, Texas, Oklamoha, and Arkansas arrived on the campus yesterday for the first annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers. The first session opetied Monday with C. it. Shepardson, dean of the school of Agriculture, introduc ing Dr. Tyrus R. Timm who spoke on “Significant Trends in National Agricultural Policies.” The meetings are being held in the MSC Ballroom .where tables are set up in a conference style. After each talk, the entire group holds an informal discussion, al lowing the bankers to express their views on the subject at hand. Top Authorities Many top authorities have been selected to speak on the topics. Dr. Joe Motheral, associate pro fessor in the Agricultural Econo mics and Sociology Department, spoke on “Useful Provisions for Landlord-Tenant Agreements.” Dr. J. E. Adams, head of the Agronomy Department spoke on ‘How to Size Up Cotton and Other Cash Crops.” Monday afternoon Ralph Rogers, USDA Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics, spoke on “Farm Adjust ments Resulting From Mechaniza tion.” Dr. Carl H. Moore, agricul tural economist from the Dallas Reserve Bank, spoke on “What to Do On Cotton and Other Cash Crop Loans.” Dr. Moore told the. group that in cash crop loans a\ bank can’t collect the money by collecting the collateral. He told the group that a method has to be devised where by the farmer can have the best possible chance to pay the loan. In making a cotton loan, Dr. Moore pointed out, bankers in the central part of Texas were using a method whereby they set up three qualities that a farmer must have to receive a loan. 1) He must be hqnest, he must be truthful when he tells the bank what he is going to do with the money. 2) He must be a good farmer. He must be willing to work, have the know-how, look ahead, take care of his equipment, and keep his homestead in good condition. 3) His farm must have good soil. Dr. Moore said this is not deter mined by the record on yields of cotton, but by the county agent. If the county agent says the soil can produce or can be built up to produce cotton. Ph iEta Sigma Adds 25 New Members Twenty-five new members were initiated into Phi Eta Sigma,, na? tional freshman honor society, at its annual fall initiation ceremony last night in the MSC Assembly Room. The new members have met the requirements for membership with a grade point ratio of 2.5 or better for one semester. Nineteen Invited Nineteen students were invited to membership for last year’s spring term grades. Six were eli gible after the fall term, but were unable to attend the spring initia tion ceremony. One hundred and ninety fresh men who made a 2.0 grade point ratio or over at mid-semester were special guests at a social after the ceremony last night. The program was planned to acquaint prospec tive initiates with Phi Eta Sigma. Ide Trotter, president of the local Phi Eta Sigma Chapter, an nounced the following new mem bers: Stanley Angrist, James Ard, Charles Baker, Jerrell Bennett, Col quitt Bramblett, James DeLee, James Dowell, Richard French, Perry Hector, Robert Holand, Her bert Laekshin, and Harvey Lewis. James Pinson, Richard Porter, James Seymour, Michael Slimen, Ray Ulrich, Cleve Williams, John Cameron, Joe Williams, Allen Cun ningham, Louis Little, William Rowland, Frank Way, and Boyce Younger. HevolvingFuml Established By MSC Council A revolving fund of $5,000 has been set up and is ready for use, MSC Council members were told yesterday at a reg ular meeting. This money came out of the original $11,000 set aside for the use of the council. The money will be used to fi nance revenue producing activities of the center, Dan Davis, presi dent, told the council members. As t a way of handling the money, the president will have the power to | approve all expenditures for under 10 per cent of the revolving fund. This approval is subject to tho approval of the director of the cen ter. 1 f the president feels he should have more backing in his approval of the expenditure, he will take the question to the council. Davis explained the request will be submitted to the council presi dent three weeks before the plan ned event. A statement of the amount in the revolving fund will be an nounced at each meeting of the council. At this time, any contro versial items on the fund will be discussed by the council. Britain’s Consul Speaks Wednesday Battalion Sponsors Contest Over $ 100 for Best Decorations British Consul-General James T. Henderson will discuss the Anglo- Egyptian crisis from the British view-point at 7 p. m. Wednesday in the MSC Assembly Room. Henderson’s speech will be fol- None in Texas Grants-in-aid totaling $16,842 have been received by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station recently to aid various research projects it has undenvay. A check of $3,000 came from Robert J. Kleberg, president of the King Ranch, to support re search on control of Rhodes grass scale, being carried on at the Wes laco substation under P. T. Riherd. S. B. Penick & Company of New York contributed $3,000 to be used in the Poultry Husbandly and Bio chemistry and Nutrition Depart ments in detemining the value of certain antibotics in promoting growth of chicks and. poults. The American Potash Institute renewed a grant of $1,500 to aid soil fertility studies of the Agro nomy Department. A check for $300 came from the United States Golf Association’s green section, Beltcville, Md., to be used in turf research. A like amount, to be used for the same purpose, came from the Texas Golf Association, and the BraetBura Country Club, Bellaire, sent $100 for Turf research. The Division of Research Grants, U. S. Public Health Service, sent $6,642 to support research on the role of cellular antigents in deter mining reproductive fitness and viability and in the production of hemolytic disease in chicken. The work is being done in the Poultrv Husbandry Department Un- ; der Dr. W. E. Eriles. The Battalion is sponsoring a Christmas Decorations contest for College, Station residents, dormi tory students, and people living in student apartment areas. Local businessmen have donated merchandise and cash certififates which total more than $100 for the contest. Free groceries, personal por traits, barber and beauty shop ser vice, merchandise from a fabric shop, --hardware, launderette ser vice, as well as free tailorin, and free merchandise from a lumber company are some of the prizes. Money for Companies Five winners will have dinner free at local restaurants and cash prizes have been received for com pany funds to dormitory winners of sign and hall decorations. Entries of local residents will be placed in three divisions in order that married students will not be competing with non-student resi dents. 9 The city-wide division, for non-students, has four sections: 1) the most beautiful doorway, 2) the most attractive window, 3) the best decorated outside tree, and 4) a miscellaneous classification for dis plays not included in the other three sections. One prize will be given in each of the four sections. ® Division II, for married stu dents or any student not living in a dormitory, has only two sections: 1) most beautiful window, and 2) miscellaneous. First, second, and third prizes will be awarded the three prettiest window decorations, and one prize will be given the best decoration of something other than a window. 9 Division III, for dormitory students, will be judged on a com pany or dormitory basis, with cash prizes for company funds for the two best Christmas signs, and sim ilar prizes for the two best deco rated dormitotry floors. All decorations in divisions I and II must be visible to the street from which they will be judged both during the day and on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 18. Everyone Included Everyone in College Station is included in one of the three divi sions. Formal entry blanks will be printed in Wednesday’s issue of The Battalion. An entry list will be available in The Battalion office to those desiring to enter the rivalry. No display will be eligible for judging until it is formally enter ed, either on a Battalion entry blank mailed or brought to the of fice, second floor Goodwin, or written on the entry list now in The Battalion office. Anyone may enter all sections of his division, and is eligible for prizes in each section for which he has officially entered. Any resi dent entering more than one section for his division must fill out a sep arate entry blank for each section. Entries Due Dec. 17 All entries must be turned in to The Battalion before 5 p. m. Tues day, Dec. 17, to be judged the fol lowing day. The revival of the old fashioned spirit of Christmas is the goal of the decoration contest. If the interest of local residents in decorating equals the enthus iasm of businessmen who are offer ing the prizes for the most beauti ful displays, the contest may be come an annual affair. Wisconsin Man Can’t FindBuffalo “But the hook says there are buffalo in Texas,” said a man in the office of the state game- and fish commission this week. It all started a few months ago when a man in Wisconsin read a digest of the game and fish laws of Texas. The book states there is no closed season on buffalo in Texas. C. H. Click of Madison, Wis. came down to Texas loaded with hunting equipment and with the desire to eliminate the meat shortage at his house. In Amarillo he stopped to ask where the best buffalo hunting grounds were. Some helpful Texans sent him to the state fish .and game commis sion in Austin. Upon learning of the non existent Texas buffalo, the in dignant would-be buffalo hunt er. let them have both barrels up at the fish and game com mission office. But he is happy now. Follow ing the fish and game boys re cipe for excitement the Wis consin hunter went to east Texas to hunt Javalina. lowed by a question and answer period similar to that which fol lowed the talk by Col. Abdel Gha- leb, Egyptian Military Attache last Friday night. During this period the English Consul will attempt to answer some of the charges that the Attache made. Henderson, who was invited to the campus by the MSC Director ate, the History Department, The Battalion, and the A&M United Nations Club, attended Sedbergh School and was graduated from Oxford University in England. In 3925 he joined the Foreign Service and was attached to the legation in Teheran, Persia, then Athens, Greece, and Helsinki, Finland. In 1935 he was made a First Secretary in the Far Eastern De partment and later attached to tho. Finland legation in May 1937. In 1938 the Consul-General was sent to Tokyo, Japan and then in 1941 he went to Chile. He served’ in Chile until 1944 when he was re called by the Foreign Office and assigned duty in the Near Eastern Department. Consular to Sweden After serving as consular at Stockholm, Sweden from 1946 un til 1949, he was named the Con sul-General for the state of Texas and New Mexico. This is his pre sent position with offices at Hous ton. The men responsible for the ar rangements during the Consul-Gen eral’s stay on the campus are Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the His tory Department, Dan Davis, MSG Council; President Charles Beagle of the United Nation Club, and John Whitmore, editor of The Bat talion, announced Tom Rountree, MSC House Committee Chairman who is co-ordinator for the four organizations.